Editing Edwin Booth (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Gramercy Park Edwin Booth statue.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Statue of Booth as [[Prince Hamlet|Hamlet]] in [[Gramercy Park, Manhattan]]]]

Booth left a considerable estate upon his death. He left charitable bequests that furthered the development of the acting profession and the treatment of mental illness. He left bequests of $5,000 each (almost $150,000 in 2021 dollars) to the Actor's' Fund, the Actors' Association of Friendship of the City of New York (Edwin Forrest Lodge), The Actors' Association of Friendship of the City of Philadelphia (Shakespeare Lodge), the Asylum Fund of New York and the Home for Incurables (West Farms, New York).<ref>{{cite news| date=June 21, 1893| title=Edwin Booth's Will. It disposes an estate of $605,000, the bulk of which is bequeathed to his daughter.| page=2| newspaper=The Lancaster Morning News| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66420906/edwin-booths-will-mentions-actors-ord/| access-date=June 29, 2021}}</ref> Other examples of his legacy include:

*[[The Players (New York City)|The Players]] still exists in its original clubhouse at 16 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan.<ref>{{cite web| title=History of The Players| url=http://www.theplayersnyc.org/history| website=The Players| access-date=December 7, 2016}}</ref> A statue of Booth, by [[Edmond Thomas Quinn]], has been the centerpiece of the private [[Gramercy Park]] since 1916. It can be seen by the public through the south gate of the park.{{Citation needed |date=May 2023}} 
*Booth left a few recordings of his voice preserved on [[wax cylinder]]. One of them can be heard on the Naxos Records set ''Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings and Other Miscellany''.<ref>{{cite book| title=Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings and a Miscellany| first=Henry| last=Irving |isbn=978-9-6263-4200-8| publisher=Naxos| date=September 1, 2000}}</ref> Another place to hear his preserved voice is on the site [[iarchive:OthelloByEdwinBooth1890|shown here [3:34]]]. Booth's voice is barely audible with all the [[surface noise]], but what can be deciphered reveals it to have been rich and deep.{{Citation needed |date=May 2023}}<ref>{{cite web| url=https://archive.org/details/OthelloByEdwinBooth1890| title=Othello by Edwin Booth| date=1890| publisher=Archive| last=Booth| first=Edwin}}</ref>
*Memorials of Booth can still be found around [[Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland|Bel Air, Maryland]]. In front of the [[courthouse]] is a fountain dedicated to his memory. Inside the post office is a portrait of him. Also, his family's home, [[Tudor Hall (Bel Air, Maryland)|Tudor Hall]], still stands and was bought in 2006 by [[Harford County, Maryland]], to become a museum.{{Citation needed |date=May 2023}} 
*A chamber in [[Mammoth Cave]] in [[Kentucky]] is called "Booth's Amphitheatre" – so called because Booth visited the cave and allegedly entertained visitors there.{{Citation needed |date=May 2023}}  
*The [[Booth Theatre]] was the first, and remains the oldest, [[Broadway theatre]] to be named in honor of an actor.
*[[Stephen Sondheim]]'s musical ''[[Assassins (musical)|Assassins]]'' mentions Booth in "The Ballad of Booth" with the lyrics: "Your brother made you jealous, John/You couldn't fill his shoes".{{Citation needed |date=May 2023}} 
*Booth is a member of the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]] and the [[Hall of Fame for Great Americans]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.theaterhalloffame.org/members.html#B| website=Theater Hall of Fame| title=Members| access-date=March 29, 2022}}</ref>
*The Edwin Booth Family Collection archives are held in the University Library at [[California State University, Northridge]].<ref>{{cite web |website=[[California State University, Northridge]] Library |url=https://library.csun.edu/SCA/Peek-in-the-Stacks/EdwinBooth |title=The Edwin Booth Family Collection |date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=December 13, 2019}}</ref>
In 1894, Booth's daughter, [[Edwina Booth Grossman]], published a book about her father, reportedly concerned that his legacy as an actor would be marred by his brother's assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Booth, Mary Devlin, 1840-1863 - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/view/23059260 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=snaccooperative.org}}</ref> The volume was titled ''Edwin Booth: Recollections by His Daughter, Edwina Booth Grossman, and Letters to Her and to His Friends''. As the title suggests, the book describes Grossman's memories of her father and contains edited transcripts of letters written by him.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Booth |first=Edwin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VbOAAAAMAAJ |title=Edwin Booth: Recollections by His Daughter, Edwina Booth Grossmann, and Letters to Her and to His Friends |last2=Grossman |first2=Edwina Booth |date=1894 |publisher=Century |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=archives.nypl.org -- Booth-Grossman family papers |url=https://archives.nypl.org/the/21475 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=archives.nypl.org}}</ref>